Accompanied by his son Jayant, daughter Pratibha and 40 other family members, Advani arrived at Har ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar this morning and immersed the ashes of his wife, who died on Wednesday at the age of 83.
After spending an hour in Haridwar, they went to Pramarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh and immersed the remaining ashes in the river Ganga there, BJP MLA from Haridwar Madan Kaushik said.
Uttarakahand BJP chief Ajay Bhatt, former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, other party leaders, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Swami Chidanand of Pramarth Niketan Ashram attended accompanied them, he said.
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